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py3interm/EXAMPLES/db_sqlite_named_tuple_cursor.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from collections import namedtuple
+import sqlite3
+
+
+def named_tuple_cursor(cursor):
+    '''Generate rows as named tuples'''
+    column_names = [desc[0] for desc in cursor.description]
+    name_str = ' '.join(column_names)
+    # "row_tuple" is an arbitrary name -- any name could be used here
+    row_tuple = namedtuple('row_tuple', name_str)
+
+    for cursor_row in cursor.fetchall():
+        row_tuple = row_tuple(*cursor_row)
+        yield row_tuple
+
+
+with sqlite3.connect("../DATA/presidents.db") as s3conn:
+    c = s3conn.cursor()
+
+    # select first name, last name from all presidents
+    num_recs = c.execute('''
+        select firstname, lastname
+        from presidents
+    ''')
+
+    for row in named_tuple_cursor(c):
+        print(row.firstname, row.lastname)